For each applicant, the Internet School is, on the one hand, an opportunity to get acquainted with programs, teaching materials, tests and prepare for entrance exams to our university, and on the other hand, a huge amount of independent work. We will begin together gradually, step by step, to move towards your chosen goal.
Students of the Internet School have the opportunity to seriously self-preparation for entrance examinations at the State University - Higher School of Economics in subjects of a socio-economic profile, in mathematics, history, in Russian and English.
Work principles
Internet school State University — High school Economics operates on the principles of openness and accessibility and is intended for those wishing to study independently.
Duration of training: from October to April (you can join the learning process at any time).
Materials are placed according to the topics of the program and curriculum Of the Faculty of Pre-University Training of the State University - Higher School of Economics, once every two to three weeks (see the section " Calendar plans"). To gain access to training materials, you must register and pay for training (5000 rubles for the whole year).
There are forums in Internet schools. The Internet School Coordinator and specialist teachers will answer your educational and organizational questions.
Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economic Sciences (Department of Theoretical Economics).
Lecturer at the HSE Lyceum
Teacher of the course "School of Economics" at the HSE Internet School
The HSE Internet School is a great opportunity for children from other cities to study effectively, in some cases better than full-time students, because the distance learning method fosters independence. To enter a university through the Olympiad is in a sense easier than using the Unified State Exam, because you only need to prepare in one subject. But the problem of preparing an applicant is that there is no literature that would teach to solve problems in economics. The main objective of the course is to teach the solution of quantitative and qualitative problems to prepare for the Olympiads in economics.
Margarita Kosik
Listener of the course "Final essay and literature"
I want to thank you for helping all of us (and me personally) throughout the year. I was with you from the final essay (for which I received 5 out of 5) to the USE itself. I will definitely write a letter :) You really helped me a lot. Thanks to you, I fell in love with many foreign writers, watched several films (according to your recommendations) that opened my eyes to many things, and, of course, for giving us so much interesting information from all areas of culture.
Even without preparing for the Olympiad separately, I was able to write the Highest test in journalism for 86 points, citing in my work some material that you gave us. Even though 4 points were not enough for me to win, I am still glad that in the 11th grade I was able to broaden my horizons. Thanks for your hard work!
Dmitry Mazaev
Deputy Dean for Alumni and Employers, HSE Faculty of Law
Associate Professor, Department of Theory and History of Law, Faculty of Law, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Lecturer of the course "School of Law" at the HSE Internet School for the 2016-2017 academic year
About 50% of those who entered the Faculty of Law of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, as a rule, are the winners of the Olympiads, who did not waste time on other subjects, but trained with precision and success. The subject "Law" is the same as economics, HSE's "branded" subjects. We give knowledge on the discipline in an expanded form, in a sense it is also a path to growing up and getting to know life, because knowledge from this area is applied at every step, from the implementation and protection of consumer rights to constitutional rights.
Valeria Ismailova
Listener of the course "Oriental Studies"
I was not mistaken in choosing a school and have never regretted it. The first thing I paid attention to was the training format. After each topic, a test was offered with which you could test your knowledge, as well as practical work, which was compiled in the format of the Olympiad. From the very first classes, it became incredibly interesting for me to study here. Every time you master new topic I was completely immersed in it. I am extremely glad that I became a student of the Internet School of Oriental Studies. Thanks to my studies at the Internet school, I acquired many useful skills: I learned how to properly allocate time, work with complex texts, deepened into reading serious literature, and, of course, became more disciplined.
Kashkarova Tatiana Petrovna
Deputy Head of the Department of English for Economics and Mathematics
Senior Lecturer of the Department foreign languages Higher School of Economics
Course teacher " English language»HSE Internet Schools
The online school is designed for especially motivated children who have decided on how they see their future. Therefore, our task is to help them in achieving their goal as efficiently as possible. "
Timur Sharibayevich Adilbaev
Author and teacher of the course "Oriental Studies" at the HSE Lyceum in 2014-2016
Member of the HSE Lyceum Initiative Group for Research
Lecturer of the course "Oriental Studies" at the HSE Internet School
I myself entered HSE as an Olympiad winner. It's nice to know already in April that you have entered, and for applicants this is an attractive option. In our subject, it is important to develop orientalist erudition, to give an understanding of philosophy, culture, and much depends on the student himself, who is motivated and ready to approach solving tasks in a systematic and original way, for example: to find Confucian topics in the poems of Korean authors, based on written sources. In a word, look between the lines. We have very interesting tests - for example, a student can do it in the form of a letter from a German colonel from Japan at the beginning of the twentieth century, where the student describes the peculiarities of culture, mythology or everyday life.
Yana Kruchinina
The course was very useful for me. I finally figured out how to write essays !! Everything is laid out on the shelves, clearly and clearly, there are many interesting examples.
Plus, the topics for "home" essays were quite interesting, which helped a lot on the final essay itself.
Alexandra Batchenko
Listener of the course "Final Essay and Literature (1 module)"
I really liked your course - I learned a lot about the structure of the essay on interesting examples. Thank you very much for many useful algorithms of actions - I will definitely follow them (I will hand over them next year). Thanks for the comments on the essays. I learned a lot of new works, the questions for reflection and illustrations were very useful.
Anastasia Pankova
Listener of the course "Final Essay and Literature (1 module)"
The course was very helpful! Informative, concise, structured - easy to prepare. The fact that you checked and evaluated, gave comments on our compositions, helped a lot. Thanks a lot!!
The course of economics is aimed at mastering the system of knowledge about economic activity person, enterprise and state, necessary for effective participation in Olympiads and for further study of economic disciplines at the university.
Lecturer, head of the course: Chelekhovsky Alexander Nikolaevich
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theoretical Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences
Head of the Economics and Mathematics Department of the HSE Lyceum.
Lecturer of the Olympiad program of the Summer School of Economics "I Love Economics" (from 2014 to the present)
Member of the jury of the All-Russian Olympiad for Schoolchildren in Economics (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Expert of the project The Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes, OECD AHELO (2012)
Best Teacher - 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Winner of the Golden HSE Prize 2017 in the category Teacher Success
Course Description
The course of the School of Economics is structured in such a way that allows you not only to study theory and work out the skill of solving problems, but also to develop the ability to critically comprehend information about the economy and state economic policy. This skill is necessary in order to learn how to formulate your own reasoned opinion and apply the knowledge gained in specific situations in terms of economically sound behavior. The course pays a lot of attention to solving Olympiad problems, and students can also watch videos of solving problems of various difficulty levels and ask the teacher questions on the forum.
The course will last 36 weeks, which will include:
- 17 lessons, including study materials and self-assessment tests
- 10 verification works, including tasks of the olympiad type, with the possibility of receiving an individual teacher's review
- 2 intermediate and 1 final control mastering materials that include tasks of the olympiad type, with the possibility of obtaining an individual teacher's review
- forum with a teacher
Course cost: 19,000 rubles.
Access to class materials is open from October to May inclusive.
Course program
Topic 1. Introduction to economic science. Production Capability Curve
Subject and method
economic science... Limited resources, economic choices and economic challenges. Methodology of Economic Science: Theories and Models. Building the model. Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Positive and normative economics. Concept
economic efficiency and
economic model CPV. Capability curve (frontier): analytical and graphical presentation. Properties of CPV. Specialization and trade. The absolute and comparative advantages of countries in the production of goods and international trade. Trading Opportunity Curve (KTV).
Topic 2. Market equilibrium. Taxes and subsidies.
Individual demand. Non-price factors (determinants) of demand. Demand law. Direct and inverse demand functions. Dependence of individual demand for a product on consumer income. Normal (high-quality, higher category) and inferior (low-quality, lower category) goods. Dependence of the demand for a product on the prices of related products. Complementary and replacement products (complements and substitutes). Market demand. Plotting the market demand curve. Individual offer. Non-price factors (determinants) of the supply. Supply law. Direct and inverse sentence function. Market offer. Curve plotting
market offer... Achieving market equilibrium: competition between sellers and competition between buyers. Equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity. Excess demand (deficit) and excess supply (excess). The effect of changes in supply and demand on the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity. Consequences of government regulation of prices (upper and lower price limits). Equilibrium in case
international trade: export and import of goods. Export and import tariffs and quotas. Impact of taxes and subsidies on market equilibrium: unit taxes and subsidies, VAT, excise.
Topic 3. Elasticity of supply and demand.
Elasticity concept. Elasticity of demand for a product according to its price. Point and arc elasticity. Elasticity of the linear demand function. Elastic and inelastic demand and sales of sellers. Absolutely elastic, absolutely inelastic demand and demand with unit elasticity. Cross elasticity of demand with respect to the price of a complementary or replacement good. Income elasticity of demand for inferior and normal goods, including essential goods and luxury goods. Elasticity of the product offer by price. Elasticity of the linear supply function. A completely elastic and completely inelastic offer. Supply and demand with constant elasticity.
Topic 4. Production. Revenues, costs and profits of the firm.
Firm. Technology. Production function. Fixed and variable resources (factors of production). Short and long term production periods. Production in the short run. Two-factor production model. Labor as a variable resource. General (aggregate), average and marginal product of a variable factor of production. Curves of the total, average and marginal product of a variable factor of production and the relationship between them. The law of diminishing marginal product (marginal productivity) of a variable factor of production. Accounting (explicit, external) costs. Implicit (internal) costs of using own factors of production. Economic costs. Production costs in the short run. Fixed and variable costs. Depreciation as a component
fixed costs production. Total, average, average fixed, average variable and marginal costs. Curves of constants, variables and
total costs... Curves of average, average variable, average fixed and marginal costs and the relationship between them. The total, average and marginal revenue of the firm. Profit of the firm. Accounting and economic profit. Normal profit. Maximizing economic profit as a goal of the firm. The condition for maximizing profit.
Topic 5. Market of perfect competition
Market characteristics
perfect competition... Demand for the products of a competitive firm. The marginal and total revenue of a competitive firm. The problem of maximizing the profit of a competitive firm in the short run. The condition for maximizing the profits of a perfectly competitive firm. The condition for the termination of production of the firm in the short run. The supply curve of a competitive firm in the short run. Equilibrium in the market of perfect competition in the short and long term.
Topic 6. Markets of imperfect competition
Markets of imperfect competition: monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly. The bargaining power of the firm. Lerner index. Monopoly market. The main features of the monopoly market. The reasons for the emergence of monopolies. Natural monopolies. The total and marginal revenue of the monopoly. Profit maximization by a monopolist. Monopoly price and monopoly output versus a perfectly competitive industry. Monopolistic competition. The main features of the market of monopolistic competition. Product differentiation as a source of market power in the markets of monopolistic competition. Profit of the firm in the market of monopolistic competition in the short and long term. Oligopoly. The main features of the oligopoly market. A variety of forms of strategic interaction between firms in oligopolistic markets.
General characteristics all kinds of imperfect competition.
Topic 7. Labor market as an example of a factor of production market
Factor Markets. Derived demand for factors of production. The labor market as an example of the factor of production market. Absolutely
competitive market labor. Supply and demand in the labor market. Part of the curve of the marginal product of labor in monetary terms (marginal income per factor) as the firm's demand for labor. Determination of the optimal amount of labor hired
competitive firm... Elasticity of labor demand. Labor supply: individual and market. Elasticity of labor supply. Imperfect competition in the labor market: monopsony in the labor market, activity of trade unions. Wage discrimination. Establishment of the minimum wage rate by the state.
Topic 8. Inequality in the distribution of income. Market failures and government regulation.
Distribution of income in the economy. Income inequality and the causes of inequality in income distribution. Poverty problem. Measuring the degree of income inequality: the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient. State policy: mechanisms of income redistribution. Market failures: market power, externalities problems, underproduction of public goods. Monopolization of markets and
public policy(antitrust law). Public goods. Properties of public goods. Examples of public goods. The “free rider problem” that arises in the provision of a public good. Positive and negative externalities in production and consumption. Ways to internalize externalities.
Topic 9. Introduction to Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics as a section
economic theory... The subject of macroeconomics. Differences between macroeconomics and microeconomics. Aggregation and Microeconomic Justification. Major macroeconomic problems. The cycle of product, expenses and income. The principle of equality of expenses and income. Basic macroeconomic identity. Macroeconomic indicators. Streams and stocks. System of National Accounts. Indicators of total output (output) and total income. Four-sector model of the economy. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Measurement of GDP. Components of GDP. Methods for calculating gross domestic product. GDP as the sum of expenditures of macroeconomic agents. GDP as the sum of revenues. Calculating GDP based on value added. Gross National Product (GNP). Disposable income. Net income of foreign factors (NPIF). Real and nominal GDP. Price indices. GDP deflator, consumer price index.
Topic 10. Economic growth, economic cycle
Economic dynamics in the long and short term. The economic growth. Measuring economic growth: GDP growth rate and GDP per capita. Living standards and labor productivity. Sources of economic growth. State policy and economic growth. Economic fluctuations (business cycles, fluctuations in business activity). Potential and actual GDP. Business cycle phases. The main characteristics of fluctuations in business activity.
Topic 11. Unemployment
The main categories of the population.
Work force(economically active population). Employed and unemployed. Unemployment rate indicator. Types of unemployment. Frictional, structural and cyclical unemployment. Natural unemployment rate. Actual unemployment rate. Social and economic consequences of unemployment. The relationship between the dynamics of unemployment and GDP. Okun's Law.
Government regulation employment.
Topic 12. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
Aggregate demand. Aggregate demand components. The difference between the concept of the value of aggregate demand from the concept of aggregate demand. Aggregate demand curve and reasons for its negative slope: real wealth effect, interest rate effect, import procurement effect. Shifts in the aggregate demand curve. Factors directly affecting the components of total costs. Monetary factors of aggregate demand. Aggregate supply. The difference between the concept of the value of the aggregate supply from the concept of the aggregate supply.
Different approaches to the study of the aggregate supply. The concept of long-term and
short term in macroeconomics. Long-term vertical aggregate supply curve.
Possible reasons the positive slope of the aggregate supply curve in the short term. The case of a fixed price level (horizontal aggregate supply curve). Factors affecting aggregate supply in the long and short term. Equilibrium of aggregate demand and aggregate supply. Equilibrium volume of production and equilibrium level of prices. The consequences of changes in aggregate demand and aggregate supply in the short and long term.
Topic 13. Open economy
Impact of relationship with
outside world for the production, distribution and consumption of national income and product. Accounts and indicators of the SNA, reflecting the relationship of the economy with the outside world. Nominal and real exchange rates. Purchasing power parity. Exchange rate regimes. Balance of payments and trade balance of the country. Structure and main items of the balance of payments. Current account. Capital and financial account. Official reserves. Interrelation of accounts of the balance of payments.
Topic 14. Inflation
Inflation and its measurement. Demand inflation and cost inflation. The role of inflationary expectations. Impact of inflation Deflation and disinflation. Stagflation. Inflation and the purchasing power of money. Inflation tax. Inflation and real income. Real effects of inflation: losses in public welfare and redistribution of wealth. Inflation and interest rates: the Fisher effect.
Topic 15. Money
Money. Functions of money: medium of exchange and payment, unit of account, store of value. Types of money. Liquidity of money. Monetary aggregates. Money supply. The amount of money in circulation. Velocity of money circulation. Exchange equation.
Topic 16. Banking system. Monetary (monetary) policy
Commercial banks: main functions, operations and role in the economy. The structure of the banking system. Central bank and its functions. Banks as financial intermediaries. Bank reserves and their types. Mandatory and excess bank reserves. The role of commercial banks in money creation. Credit animation mechanism. Central bank and its functions. Monetary base and money supply. Money supply model. Money multiplier. Determinants of the money supply. Types of demand for money: transactional demand for money, speculative demand for money, demand for money from a precautionary motive. Equilibrium in the money market. The consequences of changes in the supply and demand of money. Monetary policy, its goals and instruments. Change in the rate of required reserves. Change in the discount rate of interest. Open market operations and their types. Transmission mechanism of monetary policy. Types of monetary policy: stimulating and restraining monetary policy. Choice of intermediate objectives of monetary policy. The problem of the independence of the Central Bank.
Topic 17. State budget. Fiscal (fiscal) policy
The state and its role in the economy. The state budget. State (balance) of the state budget and its types. Budget deficit and budget surplus. Balanced budget theory. Government expenditures and their types. State revenues. Taxes and their role in the economy. Taxes as the main source of government revenue and as a tool for redistributing income. Types of taxes. Direct and indirect taxes. Tax systems: proportional, progressive and regressive. Taxes and economic activity. Laffer curve. Fiscal policy, its goals and instruments. Stimulating and restrictive fiscal policy. Crowding-out effect in the implementation of stimulating fiscal policy. Discretionary and non-discretionary (automatic) fiscal policy. Built-in (automatic) stabilizers. Impact of fiscal policy instruments on aggregate demand. Cartoonists
public procurement, autonomous taxes and transfers. Budget deficit and budget surplus. Methods of financing the budget deficit (emission and debt) and their consequences. State debt. The economic implications of debt.
